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Monday, May 02, 2011

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rhopalic Verse

The last poetry in the classroom entry was a thematic list of books on poetry for kids. In it I included the book Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry, written and illustrated by Avis Harley. I love this book because it often gives me inspiration when I want to try my hand at writing in different forms. This week I want to try rhopalic verse. Here's how Avis defines it.

Rhopalic Verse: (from Greek "rhopalon"--a club which is thicker at one end)Lines in which each successive word has one syllable more than the one before it.

OK, this looked easier than it was, for me, anyway. Here's what I came up with, based on a lovely 15 minutes I just spent lying on our bare deck, warmed (finally) by sun. It all feels pretty forced, though. I don't use many big words, I think. Um. Grunt, grunt--that's me:>) And it got too long. Oh well, still fun to play!

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